Remanded (sent back)
The Board of Veterans' Appeals has remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for tinnitus for further examination and development.
The deciding factor: The September 2018 VA audiological examination report was deemed inadequate as it failed to provide a rationale explaining why the Veteran's normal in-service hearing tests indicated that his later diagnosed tinnitus could not be related to in-service noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25014506
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